GRE Word List
CALLUS
a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark
The meaning of the word callus is a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| defalcate | deduct |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| circlet | a little circle |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |